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| Title | Cryo-EM structure of the cofilactin barbed end bound by AIP1 | |||||||||||||||
Map data | Main, sharpened cryo-EM density map of the cofilactin barbed end bound by AIP1 | |||||||||||||||
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Keywords | actin / cofilin / AIP1 / barbed end / filament / cytoskeleton / STRUCTURAL PROTEIN | |||||||||||||||
| Function / homology | Function and homology informationestablishment of planar polarity of follicular epithelium / regulation of actin filament depolymerization / regulation of oligodendrocyte differentiation / cellular response to ether / cofilin-actin rod / positive regulation of protein localization to cell leading edge / positive regulation of establishment of cell polarity regulating cell shape / MGMT-mediated DNA damage reversal / negative regulation of unidimensional cell growth / positive regulation of barbed-end actin filament capping ...establishment of planar polarity of follicular epithelium / regulation of actin filament depolymerization / regulation of oligodendrocyte differentiation / cellular response to ether / cofilin-actin rod / positive regulation of protein localization to cell leading edge / positive regulation of establishment of cell polarity regulating cell shape / MGMT-mediated DNA damage reversal / negative regulation of unidimensional cell growth / positive regulation of barbed-end actin filament capping / neural fold formation / negative regulation of lamellipodium assembly / negative regulation of postsynaptic density organization / actin filament fragmentation / methylated-DNA-[protein]-cysteine S-methyltransferase / methylated-DNA-[protein]-cysteine S-methyltransferase activity / maintenance of epithelial cell apical/basal polarity / positive regulation of actin filament depolymerization / modification of postsynaptic actin cytoskeleton / negative regulation of actin filament bundle assembly / positive regulation of embryonic development / positive regulation of norepinephrine uptake / Regulation of CDH1 Function / positive regulation of synaptic plasticity / Formation of the polybromo-BAF (pBAF) complex / Formation of the non-canonical BAF (ncBAF) complex / Formation of the canonical BAF (cBAF) complex / Formation of the embryonic stem cell BAF (esBAF) complex / Formation of neuronal progenitor and neuronal BAF (npBAF and nBAF) / DNA-methyltransferase activity / negative regulation of actin filament depolymerization / cortical cytoskeleton organization / bBAF complex / neutrophil migration / cellular response to cytochalasin B / actin filament severing / npBAF complex / nBAF complex / brahma complex / regulation of transepithelial transport / apical junction assembly / morphogenesis of a polarized epithelium / Formation of annular gap junctions / Formation of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex (DGC) / regulation of dendritic spine morphogenesis / structural constituent of postsynaptic actin cytoskeleton / host-mediated activation of viral process / GBAF complex / Gap junction degradation / Folding of actin by CCT/TriC / actin filament depolymerization / regulation of G0 to G1 transition / Cell-extracellular matrix interactions / protein localization to adherens junction / establishment of spindle localization / regulation of ventricular cardiac muscle cell membrane repolarization / cell projection organization / dense body / negative regulation of cell adhesion / DNA alkylation repair / Tat protein binding / negative regulation of cell motility / neutrophil mediated immunity / postsynaptic actin cytoskeleton / RHO GTPases Activate ROCKs / Prefoldin mediated transfer of substrate to CCT/TriC / RSC-type complex / negative regulation of cell size / cellular response to interleukin-6 / regulation of double-strand break repair / regulation of nucleotide-excision repair / regulation of cell morphogenesis / locomotion / Adherens junctions interactions / RHOF GTPase cycle / negative regulation of dendritic spine maintenance / adherens junction assembly / apical protein localization / Sensory processing of sound by inner hair cells of the cochlea / Sensory processing of sound by outer hair cells of the cochlea / podosome / neural crest cell migration / Interaction between L1 and Ankyrins / platelet formation / tight junction / sarcomere organization / SWI/SNF complex / regulation of mitotic metaphase/anaphase transition / positive regulation of cell motility / positive regulation of T cell differentiation / phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate binding / apical junction complex / cellular response to insulin-like growth factor stimulus / cortical actin cytoskeleton / positive regulation of double-strand break repair / maintenance of blood-brain barrier / regulation of norepinephrine uptake / nitric-oxide synthase binding / transporter regulator activity / positive regulation of dendritic spine development Similarity search - Function | |||||||||||||||
| Biological species | Homo sapiens (human) | |||||||||||||||
| Method | single particle reconstruction / cryo EM / Resolution: 2.76 Å | |||||||||||||||
Authors | Oosterheert W / Boiero Sanders M / Hofnagel O / Bieling P / Raunser S | |||||||||||||||
| Funding support | Germany, European Union, 4 items
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Citation | Journal: Cell / Year: 2025Title: Choreography of rapid actin filament disassembly by coronin, cofilin, and AIP1. Authors: Wout Oosterheert / Micaela Boiero Sanders / Oliver Hofnagel / Peter Bieling / Stefan Raunser / ![]() Abstract: Rapid remodeling of actin filament (F-actin) networks is essential for the movement and morphogenesis of eukaryotic cells. The conserved actin-binding proteins coronin, cofilin, and actin-interacting ...Rapid remodeling of actin filament (F-actin) networks is essential for the movement and morphogenesis of eukaryotic cells. The conserved actin-binding proteins coronin, cofilin, and actin-interacting protein 1 (AIP1) act in synergy to promote rapid F-actin network disassembly, but the underlying mechanisms have remained elusive. Here, using cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), we uncover the concerted molecular actions of coronin, cofilin, and AIP1 that lead to actin filament aging and severing. We find that the cooperative binding of coronin allosterically promotes inorganic phosphate release from F-actin and induces filament undertwisting, thereby priming the filament for cofilin binding. Cofilin then displaces coronin from the filament via a strand-restricted cooperative binding mechanism. The resulting cofilactin serves as a high-affinity platform for AIP1, which induces severing by acting as a clamp that disrupts inter-subunit filament contacts. In this "molecular squeezing" mechanism, AIP1 and not cofilin is responsible for filament severing. Our work redefines the role of key disassembly factors in actin dynamics. | |||||||||||||||
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| Map data | emd_53121.map.gz | 778 MB | EMDB map data format | |
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| Header (meta data) | emd-53121-v30.xml emd-53121.xml | 31 KB 31 KB | Display Display | EMDB header |
| FSC (resolution estimation) | emd_53121_fsc.xml | 19.9 KB | Display | FSC data file |
| Images | emd_53121.png | 165.4 KB | ||
| Masks | emd_53121_msk_1.map | 824 MB | Mask map | |
| Filedesc metadata | emd-53121.cif.gz | 8.3 KB | ||
| Others | emd_53121_additional_1.map.gz emd_53121_half_map_1.map.gz emd_53121_half_map_2.map.gz | 410.8 MB 765.3 MB 765.3 MB | ||
| Archive directory | http://ftp.pdbj.org/pub/emdb/structures/EMD-53121 ftp://ftp.pdbj.org/pub/emdb/structures/EMD-53121 | HTTPS FTP |
-Related structure data
| Related structure data | ![]() 9qfqMC ![]() 9qewC ![]() 9qeyC ![]() 9qf2C ![]() 9qfbC ![]() 9qfdC ![]() 9qfeC ![]() 9qfgC ![]() 9qfjC ![]() 9qfkC ![]() 9qfoC ![]() 9qfwC C: citing same article ( M: atomic model generated by this map |
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| Similar structure data | Similarity search - Function & homology F&H Search |
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| EMDB pages | EMDB (EBI/PDBe) / EMDataResource |
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Map
| File | Download / File: emd_53121.map.gz / Format: CCP4 / Size: 824 MB / Type: IMAGE STORED AS FLOATING POINT NUMBER (4 BYTES) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Annotation | Main, sharpened cryo-EM density map of the cofilactin barbed end bound by AIP1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Projections & slices | Image control
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| Voxel size | X=Y=Z: 0.68 Å | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Symmetry | Space group: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Details | EMDB XML:
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-Supplemental data
-Mask #1
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-Additional map: Additional unsharpened map of the cofilactin barbed end bound by AIP1
| File | emd_53121_additional_1.map | ||||||||||||
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| Annotation | Additional unsharpened map of the cofilactin barbed end bound by AIP1 | ||||||||||||
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-Half map: Half map B of the cofilactin barbed end bound by AIP1
| File | emd_53121_half_map_1.map | ||||||||||||
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| Annotation | Half map B of the cofilactin barbed end bound by AIP1 | ||||||||||||
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-Half map: Half map A of the cofilactin barbed end bound by AIP1
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| Annotation | Half map A of the cofilactin barbed end bound by AIP1 | ||||||||||||
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Sample components
-Entire : Cofilactin barbed end bound by AIP1
| Entire | Name: Cofilactin barbed end bound by AIP1 |
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-Supramolecule #1: Cofilactin barbed end bound by AIP1
| Supramolecule | Name: Cofilactin barbed end bound by AIP1 / type: complex / ID: 1 / Parent: 0 / Macromolecule list: #1-#3 Details: Barbed end of the actin filament fully decorated by Cofilin-1 and bound by AIP1 |
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| Source (natural) | Organism: Homo sapiens (human) |
-Supramolecule #2: Actin filament
| Supramolecule | Name: Actin filament / type: complex / ID: 2 / Parent: 1 / Macromolecule list: #3 |
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| Source (natural) | Organism: Homo sapiens (human) |
-Supramolecule #3: Cofilin-1
| Supramolecule | Name: Cofilin-1 / type: complex / ID: 3 / Parent: 1 / Macromolecule list: #1 |
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| Source (natural) | Organism: Homo sapiens (human) |
-Supramolecule #4: AIP1
| Supramolecule | Name: AIP1 / type: complex / ID: 4 / Parent: 1 / Macromolecule list: #2 |
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| Source (natural) | Organism: Homo sapiens (human) |
-Macromolecule #1: Cofilin-1
| Macromolecule | Name: Cofilin-1 / type: protein_or_peptide / ID: 1 / Number of copies: 5 / Enantiomer: LEVO |
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| Source (natural) | Organism: Homo sapiens (human) |
| Molecular weight | Theoretical: 18.532531 KDa |
| Recombinant expression | Organism: ![]() |
| Sequence | String: MASGVAVSDG VIKVFNDMKV RKSSTPEEVK KRKKAVLFCL SEDKKNIILE EGKEILVGDV GQTVDDPYAT FVKMLPDKDC RYALYDATY ETKESKKEDL VFIFWAPESA PLKSKMIYAS SKDAIKKKLT GIKHELQANC YEEVKDRCTL AEKLGGSAVI S LEGKPL UniProtKB: Cofilin-1 |
-Macromolecule #2: WD repeat-containing protein 1,Methylated-DNA--protein-cysteine m...
| Macromolecule | Name: WD repeat-containing protein 1,Methylated-DNA--protein-cysteine methyltransferase type: protein_or_peptide / ID: 2 Details: Human Actin interacting protein-1 (AIP1) with a C-terminal SNAP tag,Human Actin interacting protein-1 (AIP1) with a C-terminal SNAP tag Number of copies: 1 / Enantiomer: LEVO EC number: methylated-DNA-[protein]-cysteine S-methyltransferase |
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| Source (natural) | Organism: Homo sapiens (human) |
| Molecular weight | Theoretical: 86.760906 KDa |
| Recombinant expression | Organism: Trichoplusia ni (cabbage looper) |
| Sequence | String: GAMGSMPYEI KKVFASLPQV ERGVSKIIGG DPKGNNFLYT NGKCVILRNI DNPALADIYT EHAHQVVVAK YAPSGFYIAS GDVSGKLRI WDTTQKEHLL KYEYQPFAGK IKDIAWTEDS KRIAVVGEGR EKFGAVFLWD SGSSVGEITG HNKVINSVDI K QSRPYRLA ...String: GAMGSMPYEI KKVFASLPQV ERGVSKIIGG DPKGNNFLYT NGKCVILRNI DNPALADIYT EHAHQVVVAK YAPSGFYIAS GDVSGKLRI WDTTQKEHLL KYEYQPFAGK IKDIAWTEDS KRIAVVGEGR EKFGAVFLWD SGSSVGEITG HNKVINSVDI K QSRPYRLA TGSDDNCAAF FEGPPFKFKF TIGDHSRFVN CVRFSPDGNR FATASADGQI YIYDGKTGEK VCALGGSKAH DG GIYAISW SPDSTHLLSA SGDKTSKIWD VSVNSVVSTF PMGSTVLDQQ LGCLWQKDHL LSVSLSGYIN YLDRNNPSKP LHV IKGHSK SIQCLTVHKN GGKSYIYSGS HDGHINYWDS ETGENDSFAG KGHTNQVSRM TVDESGQLIS CSMDDTVRYT SLML RDYSG QGVVKLDVQP KCVAVGPGGY AVVVCIGQIV LLKDQRKCFS IDNPGYEPEV VAVHPGGDTV AIGGVDGNVR LYSIL GTTL KDEGKLLEAK GPVTDVAYSH DGAFLAVCDA SKVVTVFSVA DGYSENNVFY GHHAKIVCLA WSPDNEHFAS GGMDMM VYV WTLSDPETRV KIQDAHRLHH VSSLAWLDEH TLVTTSHDAS VKEWTITYGT GGGGSGGGGS MDKDCEMKRT TLDSPLG KL ELSGCEQGLH EIKLLGKGTS AADAVEVPAP AAVLGGPEPL MQATAWLNAY FHQPEAIEEF PVPALHHPVF QQESFTRQ V LWKLLKVVKF GEVISYQQLA ALAGNPAATA AVKTALSGNP VPILIPCHRV VSSSGAVGGY EGGLAVKEWL LAHEGHRLG KPGLG UniProtKB: WD repeat-containing protein 1, Methylated-DNA--protein-cysteine methyltransferase |
-Macromolecule #3: Actin, cytoplasmic 1, N-terminally processed
| Macromolecule | Name: Actin, cytoplasmic 1, N-terminally processed / type: protein_or_peptide / ID: 3 / Details: actin filament / Number of copies: 5 / Enantiomer: LEVO |
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| Source (natural) | Organism: Homo sapiens (human) |
| Molecular weight | Theoretical: 41.632422 KDa |
| Recombinant expression | Organism: Trichoplusia ni (cabbage looper) |
| Sequence | String: DDDIAALVVD NGSGMCKAGF AGDDAPRAVF PSIVGRPRHQ GVMVGMGQKD SYVGDEAQSK RGILTLKYPI E(HIC)GIVT NWD DMEKIWHHTF YNELRVAPEE HPVLLTEAPL NPKANREKMT QIMFETFNTP AMYVAIQAVL SLYASGRTTG IVMDSGD GV THTVPIYEGY ...String: DDDIAALVVD NGSGMCKAGF AGDDAPRAVF PSIVGRPRHQ GVMVGMGQKD SYVGDEAQSK RGILTLKYPI E(HIC)GIVT NWD DMEKIWHHTF YNELRVAPEE HPVLLTEAPL NPKANREKMT QIMFETFNTP AMYVAIQAVL SLYASGRTTG IVMDSGD GV THTVPIYEGY ALPHAILRLD LAGRDLTDYL MKILTERGYS FTTTAEREIV RDIKEKLCYV ALDFEQEMAT AASSSSLE K SYELPDGQVI TIGNERFRCP EALFQPSFLG MESAGIHETT FNSIMKCDVD IRKDLYANTV LSGGTTMYPG IADRMQKEI TALAPSTMKI KIIAPPERKY SVWIGGSILA SLSTFQQMWI SKQEYDESGP SIVHRKCF UniProtKB: Actin, cytoplasmic 1 |
-Macromolecule #4: MAGNESIUM ION
| Macromolecule | Name: MAGNESIUM ION / type: ligand / ID: 4 / Number of copies: 5 / Formula: MG |
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| Molecular weight | Theoretical: 24.305 Da |
-Macromolecule #5: ADENOSINE-5'-DIPHOSPHATE
| Macromolecule | Name: ADENOSINE-5'-DIPHOSPHATE / type: ligand / ID: 5 / Number of copies: 5 / Formula: ADP |
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| Molecular weight | Theoretical: 427.201 Da |
| Chemical component information | ![]() ChemComp-ADP: |
-Experimental details
-Structure determination
| Method | cryo EM |
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Processing | single particle reconstruction |
| Aggregation state | filament |
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Sample preparation
| Buffer | pH: 7.1 Component:
Details: 1xKMEH (10 mM HEPES pH 7.1, 100 mM KCl, 2 mM MgCl2, 1 mM EGTA, 0.5 mM TCEP, 0.015% Tween20) | ||||||||||||||
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| Grid | Model: Quantifoil R2/1 / Material: GOLD / Mesh: 200 / Support film - Material: CARBON / Support film - topology: HOLEY / Pretreatment - Type: GLOW DISCHARGE / Pretreatment - Time: 90 sec. | ||||||||||||||
| Vitrification | Cryogen name: ETHANE-PROPANE / Chamber humidity: 100 % / Chamber temperature: 286 K / Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK IV |
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Electron microscopy
| Microscope | TFS KRIOS |
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| Specialist optics | Spherical aberration corrector: Data were collected using a 300 kV Titan Krios G2 microscope (Thermo Fisher Scientific) equipped with an in-column Cs corrector Energy filter - Name: GIF Bioquantum / Energy filter - Slit width: 15 eV |
| Image recording | Film or detector model: GATAN K3 BIOQUANTUM (6k x 4k) / Number grids imaged: 1 / Number real images: 23082 / Average electron dose: 71.7 e/Å2 |
| Electron beam | Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN |
| Electron optics | C2 aperture diameter: 50.0 µm / Illumination mode: FLOOD BEAM / Imaging mode: BRIGHT FIELD / Cs: 0.01 mm / Nominal defocus max: 2.7 µm / Nominal defocus min: 1.2 µm |
| Sample stage | Specimen holder model: FEI TITAN KRIOS AUTOGRID HOLDER / Cooling holder cryogen: NITROGEN |
| Experimental equipment | ![]() Model: Titan Krios / Image courtesy: FEI Company |
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| Details | Phenix real space refinement | ||||||
| Refinement | Space: REAL / Protocol: FLEXIBLE FIT | ||||||
| Output model | ![]() PDB-9qfq: |
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Keywords
Homo sapiens (human)
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Germany, European Union, 4 items
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Trichoplusia ni (cabbage looper)
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